Obituary for Butler Derrick

Retired Representative Butler Derrick (D-SC), an associate member of the National Press Club since 2008, died of cancer on May 5 at his home in Easley, S.C. He was 77. Butler was first elected to Congress in 1975 and served as chief deputy whip before retiring in 1995. He joined the Washington office of the law firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in 2004 and retired from the firm in 2012. He is survived by his wife Beverly and two daughters and two sons.

While in Congress he served on the House Budget, Banking and Finance and Rules committees. Other duties included being a member of the Secretary of Energy's advisory board and the Department of Energy's commission on evaluating nonproliferation programs with Russia.